The Gozo Channel ferry service will be suspended on Christmas and New Year’s Day between 11.35 and 15.00 to enable employees working on those days to lunch with their respective families and friends.

The company said that on both feasts, the 11.35, 12.00, 12.45,13.00,13.30, 14.00 and 14.30 hrs trips from Mgarr to Cirkewwa, and the 12.15, 12.45, 13.30, 13.45, 14.15, 14.45 and 15.15 hrs trips from Cirkewwa will not be operated.

This means that the last trip from Mgarr will be at 11.15am, while the last trip from Cirkewwa is scheduled for 12.00 noon.

In the afternoon, the service will resume at 15.00 hrs from Mgarr to Cirkewwa, while the first trip from Cirkewwa to Mgarr will be conducted at 15.45 hrs.

The Board of Gozo Channel said that it would like to show its appreciation to the company’s employees “who are obliged to work on long shifts and sometimes in difficult weather conditions, and for their unstinting efforts and excellent work in providing a reliable service to customers.”

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